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Native American, Sioux
about 1900
Object Place: United States, Plains
Medium/Technique
Buckskin, beadwork, cotton
Dimensions
Overall (overall for mount): 55 x 52 x 1.5 cm (21 5/8 x 20 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Other (Inner back dimension): 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Other (Inner back dimension): 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number03.1022
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBuckskin ornamented with beaded design of mounted warriors with long feather head-dresses, and geometric forms, worked with strings of beads tacked by parallel lines of sewing about one centimeter apart. Design is red, blue, green, and yellow on a white ground. Lined with black cotton.
Provenance1903, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 28, 1903)